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Dorcas, Giftsy. “Transcending from Ineptitutde to Emotional Stability: Women as Paragons of Resilience in Select Novels of Paulo Coelho”. 2020.

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1. Julia Nargis Kadri, Indian Ecoliterature

2. Sinta Mariam Varghese, American Ecoliterature’

3. Ramya Kalaivani K., Indian Ecoliterature

4. Lavanya KM, American Ecoliterature

5. Silviya Florance, Children’s Literature

6. Aishwarya, Children's Literature

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• Dr. Raichel M. Sylus, Dr. Christina Rebecca and Dr. Jayasree. "Assessment of Social Emotional Learning Skills among II year Undergraduate Women Students in Coimbatore through Select Panchatantra Tales". August 30, 2019 – March 30, 2019 (18 months – one month extension received due to COVID 19). ICSSR (IMPRESS Scheme). Grant received: 4,20,000/-

• Dr. Raichel M. Sylus. “Social Emotional Learning in Undergraduate English Classrooms through Select Short Stories of Ruskin Bond” . 04.12.2017 to 31.03.2018. In-house Research Project under UGC Block Grant. Grant received: 25,000/-

Books (5)

1. Raichel M. Sylus, Social Emotional Learning in English Classrooms: An Approach through the Short Stories of Ruskin Bond. (Pages 66) Authors Press. 2019. ISBN: 978-93-89110-35-7

2. Sreedevi R & Raichel M. Sylus. Sir Winston Churchill and Khushwant Singh: The Historical and Political Bricoleurs. (Pages 121) Authors Press. 2018. ISBN: 978- 93-86722-87-4

3. Raichel M. Sylus & Dominic K.V. The Multicultural Matrix: Shifting Paradigms. (Ed.) (Pages 142) Authors Press, Delhi. 2018. ISBN: 978-93-87281-36-3

4. Nivethitha & Raichel M. Sylus. Mending the Broken Balance between Man and Nature in the Poems of Robinson Jeffers. (Pages 104) Authors Press. 2016. New Delhi. ISBN: 978-93-5207-426-6

5. Raichel M. Sylus, Psychological Journey of Women in the Novels of Mary Gordon – Women’s Realization of her ‘Self’. Lap Lambert Academic Publishing. Germany. 2013. ISBN: 978-3-659-45871-2

Book Chapters (10)

1. Silviya Florance S & Raichel M Sylus. Poetical Sensibility of K.V.Dominic’s Creative Muse Ed. by Ramesh Chandra Mukhopadhyaya. “Word as a Weapon: Preserving the Co-inhabitant Nature in K. V. Dominic’s Winged Reason”. Authors Press, New Delhi. 2019. ISBN: 978-93-89110-74-6

2. The Multicultural Matrix: Shifting Paradigms Edited by Dr. Raichel M. Sylus & Dr. K. V. Dominic. “Multiculturalism and Globalization: An Analysis of the Discussions in Khushwant Singh’s The End of India”. Authors Press, New Delhi. 2018. pp. 59-65. ISBN: 978-93-87281-36-3

3. The Multicultural Matrix: Shifting Paradigms Edited by Dr. Raichel M. Sylus & Dr. K. V. Dominic. “Cultural Retrospection in Esther David’s The Book of Esther”in The Multicultural Matrix: Shifting Paradigms. Authors Press, New Delhi. 2018. pp. 79-85. ISBN: 978-93-87281-36-3

4. Hamsalatha M & Raichel M. Sylus, “The Himalayan Landscape in Trouble: Ruskin Bond's Response in his Select Short Stories”. Environmental Literature: Research Papers and Poems. Ed. by KV Dominic and Pamela Jeyaraju. pp. 87 – 97. 2016. Authors Press, New Delhi. ISBN: 978-93-5207-309-2

5. Nivethitha R & Raichel M. Sylus. “Rejection of Anthropocentrism' in Select Poems of Robinson Jeffers.” Environmental Literature: Research Papers and Poems. Ed. by KV Dominic and Pamela Jeyaraju. pp. 80 – 86. 2016. Authors Press, New Delhi. ISBN: 978-93-5207-309-2

6. Raichel M. Sylus. “Women's Exclusion and its Recuperances in Mary Gordon's The Other Side.” Identity Misplaced or Displaced: Literature from the Margins. 2015. Apple Book Publishers and Distributors, Delhi. pp. 15-25. ISBN: 978-93-83996-60-5

7. Raichel M. Sylus. “Print Medium and Language: A Review of Learning Skills”. Mirrors and Lamps: Global Perspectives. Eds. Nibir K. Ghosh and A. Karunaker. Dept. of English, Osmania University, Hyderabad under SAP DRS – 1. 2014. Siri Publishers and Distributers, Hyderabad. pp. 221- 227. ISBN: 978-98-83038-15-2.

8. Raichel M. Sylus. “The Enigma of Diaspora in Amitav Ghosh’s Sea of Poppies”. The Fictional Craftsmanship of Amitav Ghosh. Ed. Arvind Nawale and Nibedita Mukherjee. 2013. Authors Press, Delhi. pp. 206-212. ISBN: 978-81-7273-725-2.

9. Raichel M. Sylus. “Expanding the Space of Patriarchy: A Study of Select Plays of Mahesh Dattani”. Indian Drama in English: Some Perspectives. Ed. Abha Shukla Kaushik. 2013. Atlantic Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi. pp. 112-119. ISBN: 978-81-269-1772-3.

10. Raichel M. Sylus. “To Dwell in the Land of Perfect Bliss: The Maternal Figure in Select Poems of Rabindranath Tagore”. Rabindranath Tagore:The Living Presence by Nibir K. Ghosh. 2011. Authors Press, New Delhi. pp. 210-216. ISBN: 978-81-7273-649-1.

Journal Publications (35)

1. Raichel M Sylus, Christina Rebecca, Jayasree, Giftsy Dorcas. “Assessment of Self-Management Skill through ‘Opposite Action’ in Panchatantra Tales among Select Ii Year Women Undergraduates” NIU International Journal of Human Rights. Vol 8 (III) 2021. pp. 90-93. ISSN: 2394-0298. (UGC Care Journal)

2. Giftsy Dorcas E & Raichel M Sylus. “Existential Malady in Paulo Coelho’s Adultery: The Neurosis of Modern Times”. Sambodhi. July- Sep 2020, Vol. 43, No.03 (V), pp. 79-82. ISSN: 2249-6661 (UGC Care Journal)

3. Giftsy Dorcas E & Raichel M Sylus. “‘Cognitive Reframing’: An Antidote to Confront Catastrophe for Mata Hari in Paulo Coelho’s The Spy”. Indian Journal of Adult Education. July-September 2020, Vol. 81, No. 3(I), pp. 83-85. ISSN: 0019-5006 (UGC Care Journal)

4. Anjum Khan & Raichel M Sylus. “Poor English Skills among Visually Impaired Students, Overall Growth Retardation”. Shanlax International Journal of English (A Peer reviewed Scholarly Indexed Quarterly Journal). Vol. 8, No. 2, March 2020. P ISSN: 2320-2645 E ISSN: 2582-3531.

5. Ramya Kalaivani K & Raichel M Sylus. ‘Wailing of Mother Earth’ vs ‘Hostility of Gandhari’ in K. V. Dominic’s “I Can Hear the Groan of Mother Earth”. Studies in Indian Place Names. Feb 2020, Vol 40-Issue 43, pp. 150-154. ISSN: 2394-3114. (UGC Care Journal)

6. R. Gowthami, & Raichel M Sylus. “Interrelation of Humans and Fauna: Investigating Myth in E.B.White’s Charlotte’s Web”. Studies in Indian Place Names. Feb 2020, Vol-40-Issue-43, pp. 183-187. ISSN: 2394-3114. (UGC Care Journal).

7. Sinta Mariam Varghese & Raichel M Sylus. “Conversion and Adaptation in Barbara Kingsolver’s Flight Behaviour”. Cape Comorin: An International Multidisciplinary Double-Blind Peer-reviewed Research Journal. Jan 2020, Special Issue, Vol I Issue I, pp. 51-52. ISSN: 2582-1962.

8. Silviya Florance S & Raichel M Sylus. “Didacticism through Magical Realism in Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG”. Labyrinth: A Peer Reviewed International Journal of Post Modern Studies. (Abstracted and Indexed at Literary Reference Centre Plus, EBSCO Host, USA)July 2019, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 126-134. ISSN: 0976-0814.

9. Silviya Florance S & Raichel M Sylus. “Artistic Amalgamation of “The Magic” and “The Real” in Roald Dahl’s Matilda”. Literary Endeavour (International Refereed/Peer Reviewed Journal of English Language, Literature and Criticism) UGC Approved Journal No. 44728. April 2019, Vol. X, No. 2, pp. 170-173. ISSN: 0976-299X.

10. Giftsy Dorcas E & Raichel M Sylus. “Demarking the Transitional Angst of Adolescent Protagonist in Paulo Coelho’s Novels”. IJRAR - International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews. Oct – Dec 2018, Vol. 5, Iss. 4, pp. 216-218 E ISSN :2348 –1269 P ISSN: 2349-5138.

11. S. Kothainayaki & Raichel M Sylus. “Psychological Resistance in Marsha Norman’s Getting Out. International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities (Indexed Peer Reviewed (Refereed) Journal) – UGC Approved. July 2018, Vol. 6, Issue 7, pp. 9-16. ISSN: 2321-7065.

12. Giftsy Dorcas E & Raichel M Sylus. “Social Emotional Skills through Cooperative Learning at the Tertiary Level: An Analysis Through the Short Stories of Ruskin Bond”. International Journal of English, Language, Literature in Humanities (Impact factor 5.7). Online. (UGC Approved List – Journal No. 43979). (Impact factor 5.7). June 2018, Vol. 6, Issue 6. ISSN: 2321-7065.

13. Giftsy Dorcas E & Raichel M Sylus. “Collaborative Learning at Tertiary Level: Social Emotional Learning through Ruskin Bond’s “The Thief” and “The Photograph”. Quest International Multidisciplinary Research Journal (UGC Approved International Refereed Research Journal) QIF: 6.89 (UGC Approved List – Journal No. 62559). April 2018 Vol. 7 Issue 4. ISSN: 2278-4497.

14. Giftsy Dorcas E & Raichel M Sylus. “Empowered Prodigious Protagonists in Paulo Coelho’s Novels”. International Journal on Multicultural Literature (A Refereed Biannual) (UGC Approved List – Journal No. 42456). Jan 2018. Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 77-82. ISSN: 2231-6248.

15. Priyanka & Raichel M Sylus. “Against Globalization: Women’s Voice in Sarah Joseph’s Gift in Green”. The Criterion: An International Journal in English (A Bimonthly Refereed/ Indexed Open Access Journal. Oct 2017, Vol. 8, Issue V, pp. 09-15. ISSN: 0976-8165.

16. Sreedevi R & Raichel M. Sylus. “Confrontation of Democracy and Religion-Centred Politics Intriguing Khushwant Singh’s India in The End of India”. Writers Editors Critics (WEC) (An International Double Blind Peer Reviewed Biannual Journal of English Language and Literature Published (Abstracted and indexed by Literary Reference Centre, EBSCO Host Publishing, USA) UGC Approved List – Journal No.: 49185. Sep. 2017. Volume 7 Number 2. ISSN: 2231 – 198X

17. Sreedevi R & Raichel M. Sylus. “Tracing Political Bricoleurs in Winston Churchill’s Thoughts and Adventures and Khushwant Singh’s The End of India. International Journal on Multicultural Literature. (A Refereed Biannual) (Abstracted & Indexed at Literary Reference Centre Plus, EBSCO Host Publishing, USA) 2017, Vol.7, Issue 2. pp. 25-33.

18. Sreedevi R & Raichel M. Sylus. “Winston Churchill’s Thoughts and Adventures: A Complete Handbook for Democratic Statesmanship”. Rock Pebbles: A Refereed Journal of Language and Literature. July – Sep. 2016. Vol. XX No. III. pp. 40-48. ISSN: 0975-0509.

19. Keerthi Krishnamoorthy & Raichel M. Sylus. “Suniti Namjoshi’s The Blue Donkey Fables – The Writer as a Poet”. International Journal on Multicultural Literature- An International Refereed Biannual Journal. (Abstracted and indexed by Literary Reference Centre Plus, EBSCO Host Publishing, USA for Worldwide Reference) Literature. UGC Approved List – Journal No.: 42456. Jan. 2016. Vol. 6, No. 1. pp. 78-85. ISSN: 2231-6248

20. Raichel M. Sylus. “Constructing a Valid ‘Self’ – Identity Statuses vs Women in Gordon’s Final Payments and The Company of Women.” Literary Insight: A Refereed International Journal. UGC Approved List – Journal No.: 49248. Jan. 2015. Vol.6. 194-199. ISSN: 0975-6248.

21. Raichel M. Sylus. “The Ignored Irish Speak in Mary Gordon’s The Other Side”. Labyrinth. An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies. (Abstracted & Indexed at Literary Reference Centre Plus, EBSCO Host, USA). Vol. 6, No. 2. 2015. pp. 112-117. ISSN: 0976-0814.

22. Raichel M. Sylus. “Anglo-Indian Identity in Allan Sealy’s The Trotter-Nama”. Re-markings (A Biannual Refereed International Journal of English Letters). Vol 13, No.2. March 2014. pp. 99-103. ISSN: 0972-611X.

23. Raichel M. Sylus and S. Baghyalakshmi. “Domesticity vs Patriarchy in Select Works of Mary Gordon”. Contemporary Discourse. A Peer Reviewed International Journal. Vol. 5. Issue 1. pp. 206-211. Jan 2014. ISSN: 0976-3686.

24. Raichel M. Sylus. “Theorizing Feminisms: Antiquity versus Modernity in the Works of Mary Gordon”. Writers Editors Critics (International Biannual Refereed Journal of English Language and Literature) Abstracted and Indexed by Literary Reference Centre, EBSCO Host Publishing, USA for Worldwide Reference) Published by GIEWEC. Vol 3, No. 2. Sep 2013. pp. 143-150. ISSN: 2231-198X.

25. Raichel M. Sylus. “Nirad C. Chaudhuri’s The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian as a Literary Work”. The Literati - A Transnational Peer Reviewed Journal Devoted to English Language and Literature. DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jalandhar. Summer (3.1). 2013. pp. 67-70. ISSN: 2248-9576.

26. Giftsy Dorcas E. & Raichel M. Sylus. “Exegesis of the Society from the Inside in Nadine Gordimer’s The Pickup”. Research Highlights (A Journal of Avinashilingam University for Women). Vol. 23, No.1. pp. 51-56. Jan. 2013. ISSN: 2231-2374.

27. Raichel M. Sylus. “Bizarre and Fragmented ‘Self’: Women in Select Works of Mary Gordon”. New Academia: An International Journal of English Language, Literature and Literary Theory. A Refereed Journal by Interactions Forum, Pune. Vol II Issue 1. Jan. 2013. pp. 11-15. ISSN: 2277-3967.

28. Raichel M. Sylus. Compilation – ‘Geography’. General Awareness 2012, Saradalaya Press, Coimbatore.

29. Raichel M. Sylus. “Mother Stereotype in Mary Gordon’s Pearl”. Labyrinth, an International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies. Abstracted and Indexed at Literary Reference Centre – EBSCO HOST, USA. Vol.2/No. 3. July 2011. 150-153. ISSN: 0976-0814.

30. Raichel M. Sylus. “Of Loneliness and Angst in Mary Gordon’s Final Payments”. Research Highlights, Journal of Avinashilingam University for Women. Vol 20, No 1. Jan 2010. pp. 47-50.

31. Raichel M. Sylus. “Images of Women in the Novels of Mary Gordon”. Literary Insight – A Refereed International Journal. Vol 1, Issue 1. Jan 2010. 44-51. ISSN: 0975 – 6248.

32. Raichel M. Sylus. “In Search of Identity: Isabel's Journey in Mary Gordon's Final Payments”. Voice International. Dept. of English, Annamalai University. Vol VI. Tone 6. Dec 2010. pp. 76-81. ISSN: 2229-3248.

33. Raichel M. Sylus. “Between Captivity and Freedom: A Study of Mary Gordon’s Pearl”. Remarkings. Refereed Journal (Biannual Journal of English Letters). Vol 8, No. 2. Sep 2009. pp. 94-97. ISSN: 0972 – 611X.

34. Raichel M. Sylus. “Novel Ways in Teaching Novel”. The Journal of English Language Teaching. Vol 47/2. March-April 2009. pp. 22-27. ISSN: 0973-5208.

35. Raichel M. Sylus and Subha Shree K. “Of Puppets and Illusion in Allan Sealy’s The Brainfever Bird”. Research Highlights (A Journal of Avinashilingam University for Women). Vol.17, No.4. 2007. pp. 242 – 244.

Conference Publications (5)

1. Raichel M. Sylus. “Asynchronous Learning of English through Children’s Literature”. International Review of Social Sciences and Humanities. Vol. 11, No. 2. 2016. pp. 73-79. E ISSN :2248-9010 P ISSN: 2250-0715

2. Raichel M. Sylus. “Dynamic Course Content Generation for Language Learning Based on Frame of Mind”. “Outome Based Teaching and Learning of English”. Proceedings of Selected Papers Presented at the International Conference OBTLE ’13. Dept. of English, Anna University, Chennai. 2014. pp. 18-26. ISBN: 978-81- 909269-4-2.

3. Raichel M. Sylus. “The Interdependent Existence: Anthropocentrism in the Book of Jonah”. Solutions to Ecological Challenges: Multidimensional Perspectives (Vol. II) UGC Sponsored International Conference on “Solutions to Ecological Challenges: Multidimensional Perspectives”. Ed. Dr. S. Geetha. Dec. 2014. Reflection Books, Madurai. pp. 65-68. ISBN: 978-81-926370-2-0

4. Raichel M. Sylus. “The Multifaceted Humanism in Mary Gordon’s Final Payments and The Company of Women”. Voices in the Wilderness. Vol. 3. (An Anthology of papers presented in the UGC Sponsored International Conference on ‘Humanistic Approach in Modern Literature in English” by PG and Research Dept. of English, Rajah Serfoji Government College, Thanjavur). March 2013. ISBN: 978-81-908015-6-0.

5. Raichel M. Sylus. “The Dysfunctional Women in Mary Gordon’s The Other Side”. Language in India (Proceedings of the National Conference on Language and Literature organised by Dept. of English, Karunya University on 28^th & 29^th Nov. 2008). Jan. 2010. Vol 10 : 1. pp. 268 – 272. E ISSN: 1930-2940.

• Received the best paper award at the National Conference on ‘Language and Literature” at Karunya University conducted on Nov 27 and 28, 2008, Coimbatore for the paper on “Women Characters and their Influence in their families in Mary Gordon’s The Other Side”.

Organized:

• Student Induction Programme

• Follow up session for Student Induction Programme - Dec 2019

• Workshops as part of ICSSR IMPRESS project – Jan 2020

Convenor:

• Skill based Courses - Soft Skills Committee - 2017 - 2020

• Advisor – Student Council – 2017 till date

Committee:

• Vision Mission Committee - Feb 2021 onwards

• Academic Council - 28.06.2019 to 30.04.2021

• Board of Studies - 2008,2009, 2013-15, 10.12.2020 to 30.04.2021

• Orientation Committee - 20.10.2020 to 19.10.2022

• NAAC - Criterion 5- overall member – Jan to April 2021

• Co chairperson – Semester Paper Valuation - Nov/Dec 2019

• University Newsletter (News@au) Jan 2012 - 2016

• NSS – as APO in 2010-2011 and as PO from 2011-2013

• Editor of ‘New Horizons’ (University magazine) from 2005-2009.

• Internal Audit committee - Member (2014)

• Students’ Workshop committee Member – Curriculum Restructuring (UG and PG) 2013 - 2014

• Convocation – Documentation committee Convenor (from 2013 onwards)

• General Awareness Committee (2012 - 2016)

Invited talks:

1. Invited special talk on “English Language Acquisition vis-a-vis Technology” for I UG Engineering Students of KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore on 24.02.2020.

2. Invited talk on “Constructing Research Papers » at the TEQIP III Sponsored FDP for faculty working in Govt. and Govt. Aided Engineering Colleges in Tamil Nadu at Government College of Technology, Coimbatore.

3. Facilitated as resource person and delivered lectures on “The Role of Reading in the Acquisition of English Language in the Digital Era” and The Role of Listening in the Acquisition of English Language in the Digital Era” in the Faculty Development Programme on “Language Use in Technology Integrated Classroom Communication” organised by the Department of English, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore on 24.06.2013.

4. Invited talk on “Mass Media to Touch Lives” at the One-day Workshop on ‘Innovations in Teaching Methods’ organised by Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore on 28.09.2012.

5. Invited talk on “Technology in Teaching” and “Pronunciation Practise” in the TEQIP Sponsored Faculty Development Programme on ‘Effective Communication in Engineering Classrooms’ organised by Department of English, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore on 20.07.2012.